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AGHIR, Jerba:
Soon eaten up by tourism
Of Aghir there is less and less of what used to be. Today all that is visible of this village is a string of package hotels, no houses, simple cafés or hole-in-the-wall shops.



Tunisians' own beach. People camp here, and have good swim in one of the few remaining zones that have not been annexed by a huge hotel.

The beach is still divided into two zones, where one is open for all. This is a cherished place for normal tunisians, and both the sea and the beach is full of people. But never more than a few hundred metres away is the closed beach of the white and posh hotels.



And this is where it will all end, I think. Closed hotel beaches with all amenities.


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